The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
(Digital)

Milan Records releases The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by composer Arthur Sharpe. Available everywhere now, the album features score music written by Sharpe for the film

Milan Records releases The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by composer Arthur Sharpe. Available everywhere now, the album features score music written by Sharpe for the film, which tells the true story of Louis Wain, the eccentric British artist known for his psychedelic depictions of cats.

Working in close collaboration with his brother and the film's director Will Sharpe, the composer was tasked with creating a soundscape that carries the viewer not only across time spans but also on the trips into Louis' mind, which become more frequent and extreme as the film unfolds.

Sharpe's score speaks to Louis' chaotically beautiful and ever-changing world, combining traditional orchestral instrumentation with an ensemble of unorthodox instruments like the musical saw, the theremin (performed on the score by a descendant of Leon Theremin himself), the mellotron, and more.

The resulting 24-track collection captures both the electrical innovations of the time period that inspired Louis' artwork as well as the sweetness and levity inherent in both his own demeanor and the cats he became famous for representing. The Electrical Life of Louis Wain is out now in US theaters and arrives on Prime Video US today, Friday, November 5.

Of the score, composer Arthur Sharpe says, 'The story is set in a certain era but Louis was thinking years ahead, so we tried to acknowledge that, especially when exploring his inner world and the theme of 'electricity'. Louis's idiosyncrasies are a huge part of what we explored with the music, and there is also the romance and the playfulness of the cats themselves.
We had to find a way to marry all of those themes together, themes which could seem disparate on the face of it.
It was a case of using traditional instruments, orchestral instruments, strings, woodwinds and so on but marrying that with things like the theremin, the musical saw, and other electrical textures.
We wanted to explore electricity in different ways. It's definitely been a film where I've been able to research all sorts of weird and wonderful things.'

'A major part of the world building comes down to the score,' adds the film's director Will Sharpe. 'Arthur and I started working together from the script stage to try to find a language for the music that captured the playful idiosyncrasies of Wain, while also delivering the deep emotional swells that come from the love story at the center of the movie.'

( - Milan Records - )

The true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch), whose playful, psychedelic pictures transformed the public's perception of cats forever.
Set in the early 1900s, we follow Wain as he seeks to unlock the 'electrical' mysteries of the world and, in so doing, to better understand his own life and the profound love he shared with his wife Emily Richardson (Claire Foy).

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More info at: Composer Arthur Sharpe Official Site

Milan Records presents the soundtrack for the biographical movie The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. The album contains the music composed by Arthur Sharpe.

Milan Records presents the soundtrack for the biographical movie The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. The album contains the music composed by Arthur Sharpe.

The soundtrack is avaoilable digitally on November 5, 2021.

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain is directed by Will Sharpe with Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough and Toby Jones.

The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch), whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.
Moving from the late 1800s through to the 1930s, we follow the incredible adventures of this inspiring, unsung hero, as he seeks to unlock the 'electrical' mysteries of the world and, in so doing, to better understand his own life and the profound love he shared with his wife Emily Richardson (Claire Foy).
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain arrives to US theaters October 22 and Prime Video US on November 5..

More info at: Official Web Site Amazon Prime

More info at: Composer Arthur Sharpe Official Site